More soap than subtlety

It won't win any prizes for finesse, but if you're after a fix of that rom-com feelgood factor, There's Something About Simmy could be just the show.

Writer/director Pravesh Kumar had great success with The Deranged Marriage and here he returns to the loaded subject of nuptials in a tight-knit English Indian community.

There's more soap than subtlety in the flurry of brief scenes that make up his account of Simmy, a traditional Punjabi-speaking good girl brought over to wed bad boy Raj, who scarpers on their wedding night.

Despite squawking caricatured relatives, Kumar reaches a quiet place that has heart and depth. The sinuous Vineeta Rishi touchingly makes Simmy's final act of rebellion feel like something real, rather than a mere requirement of the genre.